Figure Skating

I’m not usually much of a sports fan. I’ll watch a Maryland basketball or a Ravens game with Joe from time to time but left to my own devices, I’d rather read a book. This is not true, however, when it comes to the Olympic Games.

I look forward to the opening ceremony like I might have a child performing in it. I can’t wait to learn the story the host country wants to tell, how many people are involved and how long it took them to get all of that motion to work together. The pyrotechnics are usually the icing on the proverbial cake for me. The narrator actually told us that we at home were seeing things by the magic of television that...

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